The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-25

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, the Galena Division of the Northwest
ern Railroad last evening near Belyi-
dere, which happily proved abortlve.
owing to the nature of the road at that
point. The following account of the
event was given to a reporter by pas
senger: 1.-THE affair occurred as we
were coming east from Freeport, and
about two miles on the other side of
Belvidere, just at the edge of a small
culvert, the trestle work OF which was
about fifteen feet long and the
ditch eight feet deep. Somebody
placed q large stone on the track
and Wedged It in between the ties.
The stone was evidently placed there
with design, as there are no stones
anywhere along the track in the neigh
bOrhoOd, and it was Wedged in tightly
between the ties. Some persons living
IN the vicinity heard the noise OF the
hammering on the road and went out
to see what was the matter. They
heard the parties running away. and
say there were as many as two and
| probably three of them. Just about
that time the train came along. We
were running at the rate of about
thirty-eight miles an hour and the en-
| CINE struck the obstacle and broke the
cowcatcher, and the engine rose from
the track, the engineer said, at least a
foot, but ! suppose it would be safer to
say three or four inches. Fortunately
| it fell back on the rails again, as the
road was quite straight at that point.
Had there been curve there we would
have been ditched. The train stopped
and the train hands got out and found
collision. Some of the pieces
were as big as your fist, and some
as large as your head. They were
picked up in all directions, and some of
them had gone clear through the fence
at the side of the track breaking
| it at several places. The largest piece
| of the stone was found still wedged in
between the tie, where it had origin
ally been placed. The parties who
ported the fact and how they had
heard the parties running away. The
train was composed of three cars, a
baggage car, a smoker and one passen-
ger coach. There were fifty passengers
on board. The train left Freeport at
O'Clock and reached Rockport about 8
O'Clock. 1t was about $50 when the
done was the breaking of the cow
| catcher and a bolt on the engine.
There was delay of only about ten
minutes"
TOO HIGH A RATE OF SPEED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-COroner
Patterson begnn an inquiry to-day into
the cause of the death of the engineer
killed yesterday morning in the acct
dent on the Baltimore & Ohio "Y."
The testimony thus far taken shows
that the engineer did all in his power
to stop the train. When he found that
the air-brakes had failed he signalled
for the ordinary brakes and applied the
extra steam brake on the engine, which
| is used in emergencies. The locomo-
tive's wheels were sliding when the
train approached the "Y," and the
brakes on the coaches set solid against
the wheels. All the train hands, in
Guiding the porters of the sleepers were
on the platforms trying to stop the
train, but the time was too short for
hand-brakes to act effectively. The in
jured are doing well and are on the
road to recovery. After further teSti-
| mony the jury returned a verdict that
this accident and others that have oc-
Cured at this point are due to the very
great rapidity Of speed with which
| trains habitually enter the city and es-
pecially in rounding this curve, which
the company must know to be dan
gerous point.
SHOT BY MASKED ROBBERS.
| KANSAS CITY, Aug. 1S.-A st.
Joseph, Mo-, special to the Times says:
Samuel Gam, a wealthy farmer, living
ten miles from here, was shot twice by
| two masked robbers at his home last
evening. The villains escaped, but the
whole country is aroused and searching
| for them. Mr.. Gam was worth
quarter of million, and the motive of
the crime was undoubtedly robbery.
He is shot through the lungs and abdo-
/ men and cannot recover.
MURDERED BY INDIANS.
| ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 18.-A Pho
neer-Press special from Victoria, Is. c.,
| says: News has been received from the
Superintendent of the Provincial Police,
Roycea, who went north in special
steamer some days ago to arrest an In
dian who murdered two farmers in
Cowachan a year ago. He captured
the Indian. He also confirms the ru-
mors that the missing schooner Seabird,
which left Port Townsend year ago
for the north, was taken by Indians
and burned. The crew was murdered
short distance above Seymour Mar
rows. Captain Moore, of the Seabird,
lived here. Roycea captured seven of
the supposed murderers.
/ A LYNCHING THREATENED.
| KANSAS CITY, Aug. ia special
from Pleasant Hill, Mo. says that Maj.
C.. G. Dawson, a prominent citizen, was
shot and instantly killed at noon to-
day by Charles Tabor, a sporting man.
There was no apparent provocatlon for
the deed. The murdererwas arrested
and there are threats of lynching.
CINCINNATI BRIBERS SENTENCED.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 10. = Michael
Hanck, timer, convicted of having
presented bill of $500 to the City In
Urinary Directors for mending the ROOF
. of the Infirmary building, when, IN
fact, he had done no work upon the
, roof, was to-day given an indetermin'
! a. hn nVNfI n
Ferdinand Lindeman, a piano dealer
convicted of having paid Martin Brock
man, City Infirmary Director, $3.50 t.
, approve bill for a piano for the In
| Urinary at 800, was sentenced to ont
year in the penitentiary. The Inirm
| airy directors are in Canada.
A HEAVY DEFALCATION.
cornell, N. Y. Aug. 19.-F. .Hoyt
the cashier of the Putnam County Say
ings Bank, is a defaulter in the amount
of $25 600.
: AFTER REVENGE.
l CHICAGO, Aug. l9.-The myster,
: surrounding the disappearance of Mis-
l Addie Hardy and Charles Pitcher from
i Lake View was cleared up to-day
Matthew Noble, a friend of Pitcher
Youches for the information that tn
= couple were married secretly in Mil
: waukee a couple OF weeks ago, and ar
: now IN ALCn1SOn, Mas, WHoT0 III
! young man has good position. IN
! marriage and departure were unan
y nounced because they feared Opposi
: ton from the girls parents. 1t is no
= denied that young Pitcher sought to b
y revenged upon his future father-in-laN
: for causing his arrest as a deserte
y from the army, but the wOuld-b
: avenger fell in love with his enemy
daughter, and he then thought b
9 might as well make his revenge a
: sweet as possible.
a PITCHER ARRESTED AT HUTCHINSON
= HUTCHINSON, Kas., Aug. 19-Charle
n Pitcher and Addie Hardy are in TIL
h city. In an interview with a News n
q ported Pitcher admitted that they wei
= not married but intended to be to-mo
n row. He was arrested by the police I
% this city on an order from the Chief I
:. Police of Chicago, where he is wante
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